I'm gonna quote that when I get an eyeful on Thursday evening. If the bike's as good as the pics I'll try to go somewhere between too lean and too rich. Cash mixture I mean.

Nice ride Joe! Did you say you also paid $3700?

I've seen a couple of posts suggesting the F3 is a tad cold blooded. My antique XL always had that problem too, even when it lived in Texas.

Yeppers, I paid....well, traded somthing worth about 4K, but it had a few problems. So the trade fixed my problems. The guy was asking the same amount and I was asking 4 for my car. He was looking for a car, I was looking for a bike. Deal was done in 15 minutes.

Well, he might have gotten the better deal, but I came out like a rose because I didn't have to work on this one.

Yes, they are a little cold natured. In the 95 degree heat with the bike sitting in a 90 degree shop, it takes just under 2 minutes of full choke at an idle to make it where it won't spit and spudder when you give it throttle. I found that if it will idle smoothly after I pull the choke off, it's ready to go.

Yeah, I had a few older XL models......one in particular that was a bitch to start and to keep running......no matter how much you cleaned the carbs or how many new parts you threw at it. It was simply a cold natured bitch. It ran good after about 5 minutes on the choke. It was a 79' XL500S. That thing was awesome. The damn compression lever was broken and it was hell to start. It screwed up quite a few boots now that i remember. I had a pile of really messed up right boots laying everywhere. lol.

Good luck man, it's an awesome bike. I just took mine to 140 today and it was entirely too damn fast for me.

Joe

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Yep F3's are coldblooded little boogers!!! I start mine with choke everytime, unless I just got off it within the last 30 minutes or so. Longer than that itll take alittle choke to get er running good again. Nothing major though. MOST carbed bikes are somewhat cold collared!!!!!!!!!

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1998 CBR F3

god bless fuel injection....

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2007 CBR 600RR Two bros. C/F slip on--Dynojet usb P/C--Custom mapped--Vortex sprocket -1 front+2 rear--DID X-ring chain--hh pads --Pilot power rubber--competition werkes F/E. Oem blue solo seat cowl and no rear bitch pegs!

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My old XL is an '81 500S and I can't even begin to imagine starting it with the compression lever missing. Of course I'm relatively light for a guy and don't (yet) own any riding boots. I'm pretty sure there would be new holes in the gypsum board. The XL is dead in the garage waiting for me to win the carb on e-bay. 25 year old accelerator pumps and air valves just don't seem to cut it no matter how much caulk you put over the rubber tears

You guys are beginning to make me salivate over the prospect of the F3

You should be salivating!!!! F3's are awesome bikes!!!

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1998 CBR F3

hmmm my f2 starts like a champion after I got it running..

Mine will start after its been running. Just thumb the starter without any clutch and itll start. But if its been sitting for a little while it is rough right off idle when taking off. BUT if I let the choke run for just a minute or so it will not have that off idle roughness!!

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1998 CBR F3

I mean after I tuned it up, I have come a few days after the previsou ride and start it without hesitation...